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Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity by country

The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are...

Countries reporting
156
Highest
124,696 t
Germany
Lowest
0 t
United Republic of Tanzania
Median
47.5 t
Years covered
56
1961–2016
Data points
5,909

What the numbers show

Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 124,696 t in Germany; the lowest is 0 t in United Republic of Tanzania.

The median across all reporting countries is 47.5 t, and the mean is 3,474 t.

Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 6,925.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 100.0%).

Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 124,696 t 2016 down 0.1% falling
2 Indonesia 111,436 t 2016 down 27.4% volatile
3 Japan 95,872 t 2016 down 62.5% volatile
4 United States 27,664 t 2016 down 75.5% volatile
5 France 23,470 t 2016 down 28.9% falling
6 Italy 20,155 t 2016 down 84.6% rising
7 Sweden 18,910 t 2016 down 71.2% volatile
8 Austria 16,732 t 2016 up 234.6% volatile
9 Turkey 8,300 t 2016 down 23.1% volatile
9 Türkiye 8,300 t 2016 down 23.1% volatile
11 Yugoslav SFR 7,200 t 1991 up 16.1% volatile
12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,500 t 2016 down 82.4% falling
13 Pakistan 5,874 t 2016 down 67.4% volatile
14 Denmark 5,499 t 2016 down 60.5% volatile
15 Egypt 5,399 t 2016 up 303.2% volatile
16 Serbia 4,000 t 2016 up 300.0% volatile
17 Slovenia 3,038 t 2016 down 75.0% volatile
18 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,000 t 1999 down 89.2% volatile
19 China 2,929 t 2016 down 96.0% volatile
20 Canada 2,920 t 2016 — volatile
21 Saudi Arabia 2,601 t 2016 up 134.7% volatile
22 China, mainland 2,589 t 2016 down 96.4% volatile
23 Australia and New Zealand 2,450 t 2016 down 59.2% volatile
24 Portugal 2,386 t 2016 down 40.4% volatile
25 Belgium 2,288 t 2016 up 1,376.1% volatile
26 Poland 2,023 t 2016 down 53.0% volatile
27 Republic of Korea 2,000 t 2016 up 100.0% volatile
28 Russia 1,887 t 2016 — volatile
28 Russian Federation 1,887 t 2016 — volatile
30 Australia 1,841 t 2016 down 69.3% volatile
31 United Arab Emirates 1,357 t 2016 — volatile
32 Vietnam 1,205 t 2016 down 65.6% volatile
32 Viet Nam 1,205 t 2016 down 65.6% volatile
34 Brazil 1,150 t 2016 down 61.7% volatile
35 India 1,099 t 2016 down 72.5% volatile
36 United Kingdom 1,062 t 2016 down 98.3% volatile
36 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,062 t 2016 down 98.3% volatile
38 Switzerland 927 t 2016 down 90.6% volatile
39 New Zealand 609 t 2016 — volatile
40 Finland 578 t 2016 down 90.0% volatile
41 Argentina 560 t 2016 up 273.3% volatile
42 Tunisia 520 t 2016 down 47.0% volatile
43 Thailand 474 t 2016 down 21.0% volatile
44 Hungary 464 t 2016 down 53.6% volatile
45 Greece 347 t 2016 up 395.7% volatile
46 China, Taiwan Province of 340 t 2016 down 75.2% volatile
47 Ireland 334 t 2016 down 12.1% volatile
48 Peru 329 t 2016 — volatile
49 Spain 310 t 2016 down 98.9% volatile
50 Nepal 281 t 2016 up 6,925.0% volatile
51 Sierra Leone 276 t 2016 unchanged volatile
52 Colombia 262 t 2016 up 162.0% volatile
53 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 250 t 2016 down 31.9% volatile
54 Singapore 244 t 2016 — volatile
55 Romania 195 t 2016 — volatile
56 Slovakia 190 t 2016 down 97.3% volatile
57 Czechia 188 t 2016 down 90.6% volatile
58 Ecuador 164 t 2016 — volatile
59 Israel 163 t 2016 down 72.4% volatile
60 Bangladesh 152 t 2016 down 50.6% volatile
61 Kazakhstan 140 t 2016 — volatile
62 Malaysia 116 t 2016 down 98.1% volatile
63 Norway 113 t 2016 down 90.9% volatile
64 Philippines 111 t 2016 down 95.6% volatile
65 Kyrgyzstan 100 t 2016 — volatile
66 Brunei 97 t 2016 up 708.3% volatile
66 Brunei Darussalam 97 t 2016 up 708.3% volatile
68 Belarus 78 t 2016 — volatile
69 South Africa 65 t 2016 down 78.6% volatile
70 Algeria 64 t 2016 up 966.7% volatile
71 Croatia 63 t 2016 — volatile
72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 60 t 2016 — volatile
73 Mongolia 54 t 2016 up 390.9% volatile
74 Morocco 53 t 2016 down 86.6% volatile
75 Ukraine 50 t 2016 — volatile
76 Central African Republic 48 t 2016 unchanged flat
76 Syria 48 t 2016 down 52.5% volatile
76 Syrian Arab Republic 48 t 2016 down 52.5% volatile
79 Gabon 47 t 2016 unchanged volatile
79 Senegal 47 t 2016 — volatile
81 Chile 46 t 2016 down 97.7% volatile
82 Caribbean 40 t 2016 up 1,233.3% volatile
83 Uruguay 34 t 2016 — volatile
84 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 33 t 2016 down 67.0% volatile
85 Cyprus 23 t 2016 — volatile
85 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 23 t 2016 — volatile
87 Guatemala 22 t 2016 up 100.0% volatile
88 Albania 20 t 2016 up 185.7% rising
89 Mozambique 14 t 2016 down 68.9% volatile
90 Bulgaria 10 t 2016 down 94.8% volatile
90 Costa Rica 10 t 2016 down 73.0% volatile
90 Cuba 10 t 2016 — volatile
90 Dominican Republic 10 t 2016 — volatile
90 Iraq 10 t 2016 — volatile
90 North Macedonia 10 t 2016 — volatile
90 Panama 10 t 2016 — volatile
90 Turkmenistan 10 t 2016 down 23.1% falling
98 Guinea 5 t 2016 — volatile
98 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5 t 2016 unchanged flat
100 Sudan (former) 4 t 2011 — volatile
101 Sri Lanka 3 t 2016 down 62.5% volatile
101 Luxembourg 3 t 2016 — volatile
103 Cambodia 2 t 2016 — volatile
103 Mexico 2 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
105 Armenia 1 t 2016 — volatile
105 Malta 1 t 2016 — volatile
105 Uzbekistan 1 t 2016 — volatile
105 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1 t 2010 down 96.9% volatile
109 Afghanistan 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Angola 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Azerbaijan 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Burundi 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Bahrain 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Barbados 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Cote d'Ivoire 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Estonia 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Ethiopia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Fiji 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Georgia 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Equatorial Guinea 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Honduras 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Iceland 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Jamaica 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Jordan 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Kenya 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Kuwait 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Laos 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Lebanon 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Lithuania 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Latvia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Moldova 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Madagascar 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Mauritius 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Namibia 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 New Caledonia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Nigeria 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Oman 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Papua New Guinea 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 French Polynesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Qatar 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 El Salvador 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Togo 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Tonga 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Trinidad and Tobago 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Uganda 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Yemen 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Zimbabwe 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Serbia and Montenegro 0 t 2005 down 100.0% volatile
109 Melanesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Polynesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Republic of Moldova 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 Côte d'Ivoire 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
109 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 t 2016 — volatile
109 United Republic of Tanzania 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
189 places, 5,909 data points, 1961–2016
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The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed further and defined in the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ) (https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en). The database contains details of the following topics: - roundwood removals (production) by coniferous and non-coniferous wood and assortments, - production and trade in industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, wood charcoal, pulp, paper and paperboard, and other products. More detailed information on wood products, including definitions, can be found at: https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en